ABOUT US

FutureFuel Chemical Company (FFCC) is a specialty and fine chemical manufacturing facility with over a forty-year plant history. FFCC has three business segments: custom/toll manufacturing, performance chemicals, and biodiesel. FFCC serves a wide variety of markets including pharmaceutical intermediates and products, nylon and polyester polymers, cleaning products, agricultural products, paints and coating, and fuels and energy.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Chemistry emphasis on analytical chemistry
• Strong understanding and comprehension of analytical chemistry
• Working knowledge of GC, LC, IC, and other chromatographic techniques
• Working knowledge of FTIR, UV-Vis, ICP, and other spectroscopic techniques
• Working knowledge of NMR techniques
• Preferably five or more years’ experience as an analytical lab manager
• Proficient in literature searches
• Able to adapt literature procedures to analytical methods
• Strong ability to interpret data
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Highly motivated and self-directed
• Leadership and motivation of technical teams
• Strong customer focus and business understanding
• Excellent communication skills
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Legally allowed to work in the US without restriction

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience in an industrial chemical manufacturing laboratory setting

Responsible for classical and instrumental methods of analyses; titrations, physical, chemical, and thermal properties, and environmental and biodiesel sample testing. Instruments and test methods include but are not limited to the following:
o Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
o Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
o Bomb Calorimeters
o Total Organic Analyzers
o Auto titrators including Karl Fischer
o Viscometers
o Density meters
o Flash point analyzers
o Cloud/pour point analyzer
o Moisture balance analyzers and various types of ovens
o Rancimat for oxidation stability testing
o Perform NMR analyses as backup for NMR chemist
Responsibilities include the following:
o Instrumentation and equipment; operation, maintenance, calibrations and qualification for GMP projects.
o Analytical methods; development, validation, implementation, calibration, customer method implementation, regulatory method implementation, and analyst training
o Success of new business projects and improvements for current processes; develop expertise in areas of responsibility to provide analyses in a timely manner and work with Development chemists to characterize intermediates and products using all tools available and obtainable
o Develop methods for new projects and improvements for current processes.
o Adapt current instrumentation to meet business needs, minimizing the purchase of new instrumentation and equipment when possible
General and additional responsibilities include the following:
o Overall management of the analytic laboratory
o Safety of lab personnel and lab operations
o Training of lab personnel
o Develop additional expertise as the business need arises
o Support the implementation and compliance with laboratory quality systems/standards; ISO, BQ9000 and others.
o Establish cGMP expertise and additional expertise as the business need arises
o Provide solutions and think creatively when addressing challenges from internal and external customers. Internal customers include Development, Manufacturing, Utilities, HSES, Sales & Marketing, and Management.
o Work routinely with Sales and Marketing, Development Chemists, Process Engineering, and Manufacturing Management and Staff on new products and to improve existing processes
o Present a positive attitude. Be aware of the customer’s impression to ensure the perception is a willingness to work to a successful conclusion
o Interact with customers (existing and prospective)